NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, July 5, 1862

• President Abraham Lincoln
• Call for more Union troops

A feature of this issue is a large, page 3 Civil War map: "The Base Of Operations On James River" & a small war map on page 6: "Line of Pursuit of the Rebels" in Tennessee.
Among various column heads on the war throughout: "Stonewall Jackson" takes over a full column; "The Rebel Army" "The Battle of James Island" "The Operations Before Richmond".
Also a document signed in type: Abraham Lincoln: "The Re-enforcement of the Armies" "Response of the President" "He Calls For 300,000 More Men" and much more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, minor margin wear, small archival mend at a margin, good condition.

Background: On July 1, 1862, following the heavy Union casualties and setbacks of General George B. McClellan’s Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 300,000 additional three-year volunteers to reinforce the Northern army. To project unity and avoid triggering public panic, Lincoln orchestrated the summons through a joint letter from 18 Union governors who formally "requested" him to issue the call, which inspired the famous recruitment anthem "We Are Coming, Father Abra'am, Three Hundred Thousand More" by James Sloan Gibbons. As voluntary enlistments eventually slowed later that summer, this critical call marked a turning point that forced the federal government toward military drafts, paving the way for the Militia Act of 1862 and the Enrollment Act of 1863.